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Detroit Mayor In Plea Deal, Quits

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick accepted a plea agreement, stepped down from office and will serve jail time.

He pleaded guilty to two felony obstruction charges stemming from a scandal involving a cover-up of an alleged affair with his former top aide.

Noah Ovshinsky reports for Detroit Public Radio.

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Noah Ovshinsky